Abstract
Using photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition, a cyclobutane dione was generated from isophorone, a condensate of bio-acetone. Hydrodeoxygenation of the dione yielded a mixture of polycyclic alkanes, whose high energy density is appropriate for high perfomance aviation applications. This work outlines a light-based approach to increase the energy density of a potential renewable carbon aviation fuel in high yields and high carbon efficiency without sacrificing performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1088-1092 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Sustainable Energy and Fuels |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors thank Dr Tim Edwards at AFRL for a sample of Jet-A (POSF 10325). The LANL work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE). The specic organization overseeing this report is the Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) through ChemCatBio: Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium. Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by Triad National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. 89233218CNA000001. The Yale University research was conducted as part of the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies and Vehicle Technologies Offices (Program Award Number DE-EE0007983).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines | |
| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Yale University | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | DE-EE0007983 |
| National Nuclear Security Administration | 89233218CNA000001 |